OSCAR WATCH: Golden Globe Nominations

Posted on the 13 December 2016 by Shane Slater @filmactually

This is stale news by now, but of course I have acknowledge the Golden Globe nominations as the latest major stop on awards circuit. As always, their crop of nominees follows the expected buzz with a few of their typical quirks. Most notably, they were uniquely taken with "Nocturnal Animals", giving the film nods for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor. Otherwise, "La La Land", "Moonlight" and "Manchester by the Sea" stayed on track as the clear frontrunners. Here's the full list of nominations:
Best Motion Picture Drama
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Motion Picture Comedy/Musical
20th Century Women
Florence Foster Jenkins
Deadpool
La La Land
Sing Street
Best Actor Drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Joel Egerton, Loving
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Actress Drama

Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Best Actor Comedy/Musical
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Best Actress Comedy/Musical
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Haley Steinfeld, Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Hidden Figures
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Aaron Taylor Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
Best Screenplay
La La Land, Damien Chazelle
Nocturnal Animals, Tom Ford
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan
Best Foreign Film
Divines (France)
Elle (France)
Neruda (Chile)
The Salesman (Iran/France)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Animated Feature
Kubo
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia
Best Score
Moonlight, Nicholas Britell
La La Land, Justin Hurwitz
Arrival, Johann Johannsson
Lion, Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka
Hidden Figures, Hans Zimmer, Pharrel Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch
Best Song
Can’t Stop the Feeling, Trolls
City of Stars, La La Land
Faith, Sing
Gold, Gold
How Far I’ll Go, Moana